Rihanna

What's her name ...

Well you have to do at least one famous person some time. Now I look at this scan I probably should have cleaned the scanner glass a bit first!

Well I started this one with the easy grid method as you can see.

Then I started with the dark areas of the hair on one side.

I then carried on to darken the hair. This was quite difficult as her hair was colored and straightened, which meant it didn't flow very well and had a strange texture.

Once the hair on the left was done, it was easier to match the other side, which was also less complex.

With the addition of the eyes, the portrait started to come together. The make-up here was quite stylised and pronounced which was fun to draw.

I enjoy drawing the lips as you can really go for the shine without the extra detail that is needed for the eyes.

Next I started to add tone to the nose, but this naturally lead to shading the rest of the face, so I just went with the flow on this.

I started next on the body and shade round the lower jaw. As I wanted to keep this large area consistent I worked on it all at the same time, but started with the darkest areas.

Finally I added some clothes.